Gene editing

Genome editing was selected by Nature Methods as the 2011 Method of the Year and the CRISPR-Cas system was selected by Science as 2015 Breakthrough of the Year – no question that gene editing is one of the hottest disciplines of life science research today. One of the most popular methods of genome editing uses CRISPR-Cas technology. These systems rely upon CRISPR-associated (Cas) proteins and have the potential to carry out genome editing functions or alter the gene expression of targets within complex eukaryotic genomes with high specificity. The components of CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing systems can be combined in multiple ways for various gene editing applications.